It doesn't look too bad to me - I think this may be easier that it appears at first glance. The colour looks to be set into the grain a bit, and if so, wouldn't spend too much time with trying to get down to bare wood. Just get it smooth and pick a new colour. The biggest issue to me looks to be gluing the body back together - hopefully you have enough bits to avoid having to use a lot of filler. After that it looks like you have most parts and should be set - looks like a fun project!

Just how much fun dose one man deserve, looks like you'll have more than your fair share Corsair. It'll be nice to bring one back to life though, hats off to you what you recon, a week or so before we see the pics of the finished job :?:

The Chad wrote:Ya'll are some Urchin freaks, I tell ya! Gotta love something to invest the sweat equity it'll take to restore them!

Corsair, that is quite the nice kit you have to work with. Actually looks like fun.

Good on ya. Can't wait to see them completed.

Yeah, gotta see this one when its done! Like Frenchy said, its worth it for the parts. Good luck man and i'll bet you'll get her lookin good with a little Titebond, filler etc.. and lotsa time Should be fun, they always are!

4mm... what WERE they thinking at Matt when they came up with that little gem?! We'll see how it goes; I'm going to make a support piece in the shape of the cavity to help hold it together when it is all glued back together again from some thin 3 ply....

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I have my Urchin 'on rotation' in the music room right now, and I was playing her yesterday.It's been awhile since I've done anything with her, and for all the tears she put me through on the resto, I'd forgotten what a rockin' beast this is. Man, she can really roar! And the best part is that she plays like a Mats despite all the pointy curvy bits!